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About Our Tower
Growing up in a tower block provided the inspiration for a magical storybook.
  1. About Our Tower
    04:05
    About Our Tower
  2. Mairi Hedderwick chats with Janice Forsyth
    08:03
    Mairi Hedderwick chats with Janice Forsyth
  3. Katie Morag and Cbeebies
    06:17
    Katie Morag and Cbeebies
  4. Ideas for stories
    02:10
    Ideas for stories
  5. The story of Katie Morag and the Tiresome Ted
    13:05
    The story of Katie Morag and the Tiresome Ted
  6. Questions from the audience
    06:23
    Questions from the audience
  7. Where monsters come from
    03:38
    Where monsters come from
  8. Writing in Scots
    02:48
    Writing in Scots
  9. Working with young writers
    01:12
    Working with young writers
  10. Poetry is everywhere
    14:55
    Poetry is everywhere
  11. Tom on his illustrations
    05:00
    Tom on his illustrations
  12. Inspired by travelling
    14:41
    Inspired by travelling
  13. The Crackledawn Dragon
    02:10
    The Crackledawn Dragon
  14. How Catherine works
    00:59
    How Catherine works
  15. Joyful Poetry
    00:53
    Joyful Poetry
  16. Writing historical fiction
    03:58
    Writing historical fiction
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